DPRK CLAIMS SUCCESSFUL TEST-FIRING OF MEDIUM-LONG RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE. Passengers watch a TV screen broadcasting a news report on Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) firing a ballistic missile into the sea off the DPRK’s, at a railway station in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on Feb 13, 2017. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday claimed it has successfully test-fired a surface-to-surface medium- and long-range ballistic missile, the Pukguksong-2, claiming further advancement in a weapons programme. The Pukguksong-2 is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. Photo courtesy Agencies